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Software licensing is just another form of property rights, and property rights is what society uses to incentivise civility.
by alfiedotwtf 10mo ago
Software licensing is just another form of property rights, and property rights is what society uses to incentivise civility.
- eithed 10mo agoI guess who cares about civility if you're the last man standing. Also - that word: civility. We're animals driven by self-interest. What should civility even mean here
- throwaway150 10mo ago> We're animals driven by self-interest. What should civility even mean here That self-interest has led to cooperation between humans. Humans have evolved to work together, cooperate, form social bonds, and friendships because doing so improves survival and wellbeing over the long run. Civility is part of that toolkit. It is not a denial of self-interest. Civility is part of that self-interest.
- alfiedotwtf 10mo agoThank you, this is what I was trying to say… there are incentives to cooperate, even though individually we can be selfishly evil.
- wiml 10mo ago> Software licensing is just another form of property rights That's a pretty substantial assertion and without much to back it up. The framing of copyright as basically the same as ownership of chattel or land is a propaganda campaign.